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Boise, ID Panorama - 2018 NWeLearn Conference - Boise, ID

NWeLearn 2018 Conference

NWeLearn 2018 is in Boise this year! This annual conference brings a great and affordable opportunity to learn and share about teaching and learning best practices, accessibility, elearning, program compliance, teaching tools, data analytics, and many more interesting topics. In addition, it brings K-20 institutions together to network for one or two full days!

We still have spots if you would like to register, deadline is October 12th

Single day registration – $99
Full conference, two days – $189
Full conference, Graduate Student rate – $120 (contact Ana Thompson, thomana@uw.edu for coupon code)

We have great presentations lined up both days (see Thursday and FridaySchedules) and Alyson Indrunas, an educational leader in the PNW is our Keynote.

If you need lodging, there are a few vacancies at the newly remodeled Riverside Hotel, where the conference is being held. Room rates are $159 and include a full breakfast buffet. The hotel also offers free transportation to/from the airport and for anyone who is driving, parking is free. More information about Hotel & Travel.

For more conference information, go to the NWeLearn conference website.

Cordially,

The NWeLearning Community Board

CIDER Sessions: Call for presenters

As we look ahead to our 2018-19 season of CIDER Sessions, we invite researchers working in distance, distributed, online, or blended education to present in our ongoing monthly seminar series.

The Canadian Initiative for Distance Education Research (CIDER) is a research initiative of the International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning (IRRODL) and the Centre for Distance Education (CDE), Canada’s largest graduate and professional distance education programming provider, at Athabasca University, Canada’s Open University.

The CIDER Sessions are an online, open and free seminar series where researchers or research groups can present their work to a broad audience of fellow researchers, practitioners, and students from across Canada and around the world. Sessions are typically held on the first Wednesday of each month from 11am-noon Mountain time, though some exceptions may be possible to accommodate the presenter’s time zone. Presented through Adobe Connect, they are one hour in length, including questions from the audience, and are recorded, archived, and distributed through the CIDER site, at:
http://cider.athabascau.ca

A small number of spots may be available for students nearing completion of their dissertation or thesis. International presenters are welcome; all presentations are held in English.

If you have recent research for our CIDER audience and would like to present in this season’s series, please contact Dan Wilton at dwilton@athabascau.ca with a brief description of your research topic and approximate date when it will be available for presentation.

Dan Wilton
CIDER Sessions coordinator and host
Athabasca University
dwilton@athabascau.ca

Call for Proposals: The Educational Technology section of the Routledge Encyclopedia of Education

The Educational Technology section of the Routledge Encyclopedia of Education is open for proposals and submissions. Proposals should be sent to the section editor, Mike Spector (mike.spector@unt.edu) . Submissions are sought in four areas:

1. Definitions, history and background R&D
2. Representative technologies
3. Emerging technologies
4. Pedagogical approach and educational technology research

Contributions should be about 1500 words and provide an overview of a specific topic with developments in the last five years. Contributions from established scholars teamed with a junior scholar or advanced doctoral student are especially appreciated. Send proposals to the section. Proposal should include a proposed title (indicating the specific focus), a short abstract (150-250 words), and about a half dozen representative references in APA 6 format.

Submissions are accepted until August 31, 2018. Contact the section editor for further information. Please share this notice with your colleages.

Mike Spector

Mike.Spector@unt.edu

Call for Chapters: Universal Access Through Inclusive Instructional Design: International Perspectives on UDL

Interested in sharing your perspectives and work promoting universal access through inclusive instructional design? The editors invite you to submit a chapter proposal by June 30, 2018.

Chapter proposals (about 400-600 words) should contain the following:

Proposed chapter title
Brief bio (1-2 sentences of each author)
Your recommendation for corresponding book section
Chapter abstract
Explanation of how chapter connects to the book focus

Submit your chapter proposal at either through the file upload option (up to 10MB) or as a URL to a shared document.

Timeline

Author invite: May/June 2018
Chapter proposal deadline: June 30, 2018
Notice of acceptance of chapter proposal: July 15, 2018
Full chapter submission deadline: September 15, 2018
Peer review: November 2018
Final manuscript deadline: March 1, 2019

Education, Teacher Education, and Higher Education Open Access Journals

Dr. Ross Perkins and I have done some research on open access journals and Perkins maintains http://edtechjournals.org But I have been curious about what open access journals are out there that focus more generally on education, educational psychology, teacher education, and higher education. I have begun to make a list of some of the one’s that stand out as some of the better ones. I plan to update this over time.

Journal of Practitioner Research
https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/jpr/